And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלdidיַּעֲשׂוּso,כֵןand sentוַיְשַׁלְּחוּthemאוֹתָםoutsideאֶל מִחוּץthe camp;לַמַּחֲנֶהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad spokenדִּבֶּרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁהsoכֵּןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלdid.עָשׂוּ
Numbers 5:4
Study it in the app“And the sons of Israel did so, and sent them outside the camp; as YHWH had spoken to Moses, so the sons of Israel did.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:4, word by word
- And the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- and sentיְשַׁלְּחוּyeshalchu
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalchu” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
3Both male and female you shall send out; outside the camp you shall send them, so that they do not make unclean their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,